Texas House speaker appoints Republicans to drive GOP agenda as committee chairs
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows filled out his leadership team by leaning heavily on trusted lieutenants who helped him ...
Daily Texan6d
District 9 Council Member appointed to CapMetro Board of Directors
The Austin City Council appointed District 9 Council Member Zohaib Qadri, who represents UT and West Campus, to the Capital ...
KUT6d
School voucher proponent picked to lead Texas House education committee
House Speaker Dustin Burrows reappointed state Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Killeen) to lead the committee. Buckley tried to get ...
KUT7d
Rattlesnakes slithered around the Texas Capitol this week, making friends along the way
The western diamondback rattlesnakes weren't there by accident, but as part of an annual tradition put on by the Sweetwater Jaycees, who shared tips about the slinky reptiles and draped them around ...
The Texas Tribune7d
How a multi-year legal battle by allies of a billionaire megadonor set off this year’s explosive House Speaker race
A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House ...
Associated Press13d
Senate GOP unveils $340B budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stalls
at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La ...
Austin American-Statesman15d
'Stop the coup': Anti-Trump, 50501 Movement protesters swarm Texas Capitol
Joining a nationwide day of protest against President Donald Trump, hundreds of Texans turned up at the state Capitol and marched through downtown Austin on ... Gene Wu, chair of the House ...